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Social Relocation Action Plan for Families of Brejo Alegre Community: a Multidimensional Approach (Plano de ação de realocação social famílias da comunidade “Brejo Alegre”: um olhar multidimensional)

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São José do Rio Preto - Brazil

Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Range of Demographic Size
100,000 to 499,999 inhabitants (large intermediate)

1.1 By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than 1.25 US dollars a day.

1.2 For 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children fo all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according national definitions.

1.4 By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance.

4.1 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education which must be free, equitable and of quality and leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes.

4.2 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education.

4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and professional skills, to access employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.

11.1 By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums.

11.3 By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries.

11.5 By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations.

11.6 By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management.

A - Full integration of population dynamics into sustainable development with equality and respect for human rights.

G - Territorial inequality, spatial mobility and vulnerability

American Convention on Human Rights

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

Others

Summary

The “Social relocation action plan for families of the Brejo Alegre community: a multidimensional approach” is a local public policy for the relocation of families in a situation of high social vulnerability, drafted and implemented based on a collective construction process. These families live in slums by the side of a railway track in Brejo Alegre neighborhood, in the city of San José de Rio Preto. In other words, they occupy state-owned lands unsuitable for the building of housings and their regularization.

The action plan is aimed at their social relocation and improving their living conditions. For that purpose, non-standardized housing solutions are proposed by individually considering the situation of each family unit, from a multidimensional approach of poverty and together with various social players.

Implementation Date:

Start: 01 / 1 / 2017

End: End: Currently in force

Local economic development - Employment Local economic development - Education / Labor Training HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE - General health Housing
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The problem that led to drafting and implementing this local public policy were the family units that were in a situation of high social vulnerability, settled in state-owned lands located by the side of Brejo Alegre railway track. When this policy started to be implemented, these families were living in unhealthy, overcrowded and precarious conditions, with a high risk of becoming ill and of having accidents since they were living near the railway used by freight and fuel transportation trains. The social and territorial identification and approach related to the situation of these families has been developed from the concept of multidimensional poverty, broadening the traditional concept of poverty that is limited to people’s income. “These are people that live all the dimensions of poverty: economic, social, environmental, relational, generational” (Source: Documentos Temáticos-Naciones Unidas en Brasil, ODS1- Agenda 2030: Pobreza, Protección Social, Pobreza Multidimensional).
The general objective of the public policy is the relocation of 66 families in a situation of multidimensional poverty. Its specific objectives are as follows: i) To promote actions that respect human dignity of people, in particular as regards physical integrity, security and housing, pursuant to the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Federal Constitution. ii) To promote the autonomy of families and break the cycle of multidimensional poverty. iii) To offer alternatives to let the families choose where and how to live, taking into account their income capacity within the framework of an analysis on the possibilities to access housing.
The Municipal Secretary of Housing, an agency of the Municipal Public Administration (city council) whose aim is to develop a housing policy in the Municipality, is the main coordinator of this plan.
This public policy includes the coordinated participation of different municipal areas, each one with their corresponding role: - Social Care Area: registration, family care, access to social programs, socioeconomic assessments. - Guardianship Council: guarantees of the children’s and adolescents’ rights, participation in the discussion on institutional care of children in the occupation. -Health Area: medical appointments, vaccination, control of pregnant women and people with diagnosed diseases, disease vectors and rats control, cleaning operations, guidance on water consumption, guidelines for the basic handling and promotion of animal health and their sterilization, participation in the study of homeless families and guidance, psychological, social and physical control (medication) of each family. - Education Area: registration and supervision of children and adolescents school attendance (with special focus con school drop-out), management of classrooms for young people/senior citizens with transport to school and continuous monitoring. - Economic and Labor Development: training courses, assistance to prepare CVs and identification and offer of job vacancies. - Ethnicity, Race and Women Area: assistance and monitoring of cases related to violence against women. - Environment, Urban Planning and Works: revitalization of spaces and environmental recovery. - Municipal Traffic Guards: guarantee the security of the families. - Civil Defense Area: railway inspection and training to prevent domestic accidents. - Municipal Company of Low-income Housing (EMCOP): housing registration.
In February 2019, together with the community, the intervention area was established based on the cadastral re-numbering of the shacks and the updated census on families living in state-owned lands.
The elderly
Women
Children and teenagers
Society in general
Social/citizen participation
Advice
Financial/legal/technical assistence
Education and training
Some of the approach strategies are the following: i) Developing a technical study on rights that included technical in situ visits and allowed to conduct a social and environmental study of each family in order to know the household composition and the income level. ii) Accompanying families during the process. iii) Collecting data regarding individual and collective needs. iv) Holding meetings with community leaders. v) Performing professional training to facilitate insertion in the formal market. vi) Providing guidance on job offers. vii) Extending the schooling period for young people and senior citizens based on the access to specific educational offers. viii) Allowing families to participate in social programs and medical check-ups. ix) Granting compensation to many families for them to rent households in the place they choose and allowing those families that did not accept said compensation to participate in a household program. x) Post-removal program for 12 months or a longer period if necessary to accompany the family groups with the purpose of following them up together with the intervention of different institutional players pursuant to the demands and needs of each case. The institutional coordination of different governmental areas enables to break the cycle of the implementation of isolated sectorial policies. Finally, it is worth mentioning that several factors were taken into account to grant compensations such as the number of members in each family unit, their overcrowding conditions, their income level and other poverty aspects.
o This public policy turns out to be innovative since it is based on a broad vision of access to household, which is evidenced in the following: it includes non-conventional State participation proposals in relation to the management of housing solutions not linked to the traditional concept of property. o It grants each family the opportunity to define “where and how to live”. o It is based on a multidimensional approach to poverty. o It has been prepared and implemented in an intersectorial way.
Diocese of San José de Rio Preto; Caritas Brazil, Vincentians- Society of San Vicente de Pablo, Caixa Economica Federal- San José de Rio Preto Division, Military Police of the State of Sao Paulo, Municipal Company of Low Income Housing (EMCOP), Civil Defense, Humanitarian Care Group, among others.
Formal and intersectorial meetings of directors and experts of the Municipality were held with the participation of community leaders as well. The community was also invited to have an active role in the initiative.
In relation to the availability of human resources, experts with specific training are part of the implementation of this policy. Likewise, there is an expert responsible for the organization and institutional coordination both internal and external to the Municipality. As regards the budget and its financial support, the public policy has enough monetary resources to grant allowances and financial support to every family unit.
A staff of experts follows and assesses the situation of the families and they render specific and intersectorial services for a term of twelve months as of the last relocation stage. The follow-up process may be temporarily extended in an undetermined way depending on the complexity and situation of each family unit. This policy has a digital database managed by the Municipal Secretary of Housing. The information provided by said database is available for the officers and its dissemination is limited to specific requests.
Local goverment
National government
● Social inclusion with the eradication of the risk situation for the 66 relocated families, taking into account the Statute for the Child and Adolescent, the rules in force for Senior citizens and the protection and rights of Women. ● Peaceful relocation of 66 families that voluntarily joined the plan without any confrontation.
Communication, production and use of information strategies: ● Direct contact with leaders of local communities: in situ visits, personal phone assistance (individual and of the family), delivery of communications and notices. ● Data collection on individual and collective needs of the people in the settlement; community gatherings and group meetings in the state-owned land to address specific requests. ● This policy has a digital database managed by the Municipal Secretary of Housing that provides information to officers making specific requests.
The information can be found in the official site of San José de Rio Preto Administration: https://www.riopreto.sp.gov.br/prefeitura-faz-a-demolicao-do-ultimo-barraco-do-brejo-alegre/ https://www.riopreto.sp.gov.br/smte-leva-balcao-de-empregos-a-moradores-do-brejo-alegre/
Sintese - Fabiana Zanquetta

Prefeitura de Rio Preto - Fabiana Zanquetta

Prefeitura de Rio Preto2 - Fabiana Zanquetta

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1.1 By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than 1.25 US dollars a day.

1.2 For 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children fo all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according national definitions.

1.4 By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance.

4.1 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education which must be free, equitable and of quality and leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes.

4.2 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education.

4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and professional skills, to access employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.

11.1 By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums.

11.3 By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries.

11.5 By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations.

11.6 By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management.

A - Full integration of population dynamics into sustainable development with equality and respect for human rights.
G - Territorial inequality, spatial mobility and vulnerability
American Convention on Human Rights
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
Others

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Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Range of Demographic Size
100,000 to 499,999 inhabitants (large intermediate)

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